Please enjoy our latest Newsletter
We made it and arrived at my sister’s house just past midnight last night, exhausted, but glad to finally be here! Thanks to everyone who prayed for us, we made all our connections without any issues and for the most part, the planes were pretty much on time and everything went to plan! The kids were really tired, but they did really well and have been having a wonderful time playing with their cousins and catching up.
Thanks again for all your prayers!
Robyn for the family
Well, we head off tomorrow morning. We called today to confirm our flights and were told that our flight times had changed. Originally we were leaving at 11am so we could get to Port Moresby in time to connect with our 2pm flight to Brisbane. Apparently our flight from Lae had changed to 1:30pm which means we wouldn’t be able to make our connection! Isn’t there something just not professional about changing the flight times without letting people know??!!! Anyway, praise the Lord there is a flight leaving earlier in the morning at 8:55am and as much as that will mean an early morning for us and a longer layover in Port Moresby, at least it will mean we won’t miss our Port Moresby-Brisbane connection and therefore we won’t miss our Brisbane-Sydney connection either!(phew, a few freak out moments there for a while!)
Anyway, so we are packing and organising and doing all last minute things today. The kids are all excited and have their little backpacks out with the few things they are bringing to do on the plane!(I remember that feeling as a kid when we travelled around, how much fun it was – I am now realising the difference between what the kids feel and what the parents feel during these times!) Robyn’s sister was asking us what we wanted for dinner on Thursday night – that’s a really weird feeling for that to be a reality, but also very exciting as well(for those of you who wonder what would we be looking forward to food wise – yummy lamb chops on the barby!)
Thanks for praying for us, we’ve had a great time in Lae and a wonderful couple of days with the Allen’s who are taking over from us to watch the guest house here for a little while. We appreciate your prayers for our trip tomorrow that we make all our connections and everything goes smoothly. Looking forward to talking to many of you face to face pretty soon!
In Him
Dave, Robyn, Logan, Ronan & Kiyana
Dear friends,
We have been in Lae a week now. The trip to Goroka went smoothly and we overnighted at our New Tribes guest house in Lapilo there, which was unexpected, but we are really glad we were able to do that. We caught up with several of our missionaries from Wewak who we thought we wouldn’t be able to so that was special. Early the next day we drove to Lae and it was a beautiful drive through the mountains and then across a large valley. We were pulled over once by the police for a random licence check, but other than that, everything went fine which was an answer to prayer. There are rascals in the area who will take any opportunity to try and stop people on the roads to get money, but praise the Lord, not us that day!
Lae has been a nice break for us after the craziness of the past couple of months. It wasn’t until we were here a couple of days before we realised how much we needed some time away, just as a family. There is an above ground pool here that we are really enjoying and a trampoline for the kids as well as 7 puppies that the guard dog had just before we arrived. So plenty for the kids to do. The shops are a whole lot bigger than in Wewak and they have a lot more western products so that has been fun as well. We have sat down and mapped out a bit of a schedule for our time at home. Our dates for travelling start the 2nd of May and we will be spending a couple of days with Robyn’s sister before we move to our guest house in Plumpton for a couple of weeks. Our dates are as follows:
2nd May – 20th May – Sydney area
21st May - 3rd June – Forster/Port Macquarie
4th June – 17th June – Sydney area
18th June – 3rd July - Travel to Timboon Vic hoping to visit with friends and family on the way through where we can
4th July – 10th July – Travel back to Sydney area
10th July – 22nd July – Forster/Port Macquarie
23rd July – 6th August travel on up to Brisbane
7th August – Return to PNG
These are tentative and we are currently trying to book in Bible study and church meetings, as well as catching up and visiting with as many of our supporters and friends(that’s you!) as we can. So when we are in your area, we would love to catch up. Please let us know if you would like us to come share with you at your study or church or just individually, so that we can book it into our calendar.
For those of you who have been praying for Ben & Missy Hatton and the kids, we want to let you know that Ben’s dad passed away. Our prayers have been answered although not necessarily exactly how we would have wanted, however, he is now with the Lord and pain free. It seems his passing was peaceful and the Hatton’s have been a testimony to us all in trusting the Lord in difficult times. They write:
Thank you all for your heartfelt prayers on our behalf these days. James passed into eternity and the presence of the Lord at 7:15pm April 10th. He passed quickly and peacefully and we are so grateful for God's mercy and compassion on us all in this. Our entire family was present and we were all holding his hands as he took his final breaths. We have wept together and sang James' favourite songs together and are presently just enjoying this profound, eternal moment together as a family. Crying and rejoicing. Thank you for standing with us in this, we are so grateful! Pray for us as we make decisions, enjoy a memorial service and begin this transition and new chapter in our lives.
From what they have said, James memorial was a neat time of remembering, friendship and support for the family. They will stay home for a few months as originally planned so they can be there for the family at this time. Thank you for all of you who have been praying for them.
The house below is the one we are staying in. The playground is down past the second house behind the van and the swimming pool is to the left and back across from the little apartment in the second picture. Thanks again for all your prayers for us.
In Him – Dave, Robyn, Logan, Ronan & Kiyana
Dear friends,
Thank you so much for praying! Yes, we are coming home for a couple of months and very excited to see everyone. Please see our attached newsletter for more details.
Serving Him
Dave, Robyn, Logan, Ronan & Kiyana
So sorry to those of you who couldn’t open our newsletter. I’m resending it. Apologies to those of you who already received it and could open it.
Dear friends,
We have had a really busy month and some major decisions to be made. Attached is our newsletter with all the details.
Thank you so much for all your prayers and support!
Serving Him,
Dave, Robyn, Logan, Ronan & Kiyana
Dear friends,
We have had a really busy month and some major decisions to be made.
Dear friends,
Attached is our latest newsletter. We pray you had a great month!
Serving Him
Dave, Robyn, Logan, Ronan & Kiyana
PS. We mention our bush house project in our letter. If the link doesn’t work from the document, please click on the link below.
http://www.parrysonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Parrys-Bush-House-Catalog.pdf
Dear friends,
Thank you all for praying about my trip to Goroka to get my teeth looked at. The trip there and back went really well, I only had to be away overnight and the dentist did a root canal on the tooth that was bothering me. Sooo, hopefully, this time, really will be the last dentist visit for a while! It has also been really neat to see the Lord provide for circumstances that we could not have predicted!
So thanks again,
Robyn Parry
Dear friends, attached is some news about how our trip to Madang went.
Thanks for all your prayers!
Serving Him
Dave, Robyn, Logan, Ronan & Kiyana
Just to let you know that I am now not going to Goroka tomorrow. The flight that I would have come back on has been cancelled which means the only way I would be able to get home would be to charter a flight back to Wewak. So, if you could continue to pray with us that another couple of flights would become available in the near future for me to do the same thing. I need to get up to Goroka and then back down again within a couple of days of each other and before March when our dentist leaves.
We leave tomorrow around 8:45am to head home to Wewak so we’ll get there mid morning sometime. Thanks again for your prayers and your continued prayers.
Robyn for the family
